| Noise pollution from oil and gas drilling and | | | | source can greatly disturb the natural |
| production is an important issue for many | | | | environmental sounds they are accustomed to. |
| landowners living in close proximity to these | | | | An acceptable noise abatement solution is |
| developments. | | | | necessary to protect the area residents from |
| | | | unwanted noise pollution. Typically a Sound |
| Landowners often complain about noise levels | | | | Barrier Wall would be installed to eliminate |
| produced by natural gas compressors. The | | | | industrial sound. This is not a viable |
| noise level varies with the size of the | | | | solution to oil and gas drilling however, due |
| compressor and distance from the compressor; | | | | to its constant changing of locations. |
| and it changes with shifts in wind direction | | | | |
| and intensity. Depending on wind speed and | | | | There are new mobile absorptive sound wall |
| direction, the constant roaring sounds of a | | | | units which are easy to assemble, disassemble |
| gas compressor can be heard three to four | | | | and move. Since oil and gas drilling are |
| miles from an oil drilling site. | | | | temporary projects, moving from one well to |
| | | | another, a portable sound wall can be used to |
| Noise from oil and gas development comes from | | | | eliminate the unwanted noise during the |
| a number of sources: truck traffic, drilling | | | | drilling and moved from one site to the next |
| and completion activities, well pumps and | | | | with little effort. With the inclusion of a |
| compressors. For some landowners, noise from | | | | mobile sound wall in oil and gas drilling |
| oil and gas operations is so loud that it | | | | activities near residential areas, residents |
| makes them feel as if they are living in an | | | | will be able to enjoy their peaceful quite |
| industrial zone. For people who live in rural | | | | neighborhood throughout the completion of the |
| areas, the arrival of a new, industrial noise | | | | project. |